The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, November 09, 1900, Image 1
Till' MORNING NEWS
r *,!*•-- Inro'i’-'mMd IS*"
, H ESTtM. RrMijrn,
atthewhite house
FOI\D TIIOFIAXM OF
roNOHATI NATIONS.
he had prominent visitors.
'Jill HI. I* NLHEADY M>VE TALK OF
i 1111 ACT CHAVUEfI.
Secretary ll> anil Attorney General
4rlits* Will rrobnlily Retire f
Private Life—Other Cabinet ttfHeer*
\l n % Mold on to Their Joli*— It |
|,iL**l \p|Mtlnf No Hun) Hrfrura
In the , ‘Mlh.
\\ Nov. * President MrKln
froi iiit >n and spent the ffreo'er part
of •. *. . \ receiving personal an<t teie
i-’ >nxratulat|ofia ujon hs success
at ih % i >ils last Tuesday.
1- w Known that the presidential train
vim ! r h this city about 8 o'clock and
ttftv' thousand people congregated
around rtv* Pennsylvania Railroad station
to ri\ lim a cordial welcome back to the
city The presidential cars dUI not
enter • railway sheds, but were run off
on . •! track on Sixth street, where the
crowd had assembled.
Sc -etary Root, Adjt. Gen. Corbin, Bur
jr.cn G r.eral of the Army, A*-
r*tar' Be retary Puden. and several
er public officials were at the station In
waiting As the President assisted his
wlf from the tmln. the crowd broke
forth In hearty cheering* for the success
ful candidate and there were numerous
cries for a spe>oh.
The President acknowledged the compli
ment and, lift .n*r Ms hat, smiled gra
ciously upon the throne, but declined to
respond to their demand for a speech, lie
entered his carr age and w as driven rapid
ly up Pennsylvania avenue to the execu
tive mansion. It was at an hour when
the army of government employes were
•*n their way to work and os the pre-i
--lenti.il carriage was enaily recognized. Mr.
•nd Mrs. McKinley received a mild ova
tion all the way up Pennsylvania avenue
Mini) (nnurnlntnf lon*.
Upon reaching the White House the
President h.ul an individual meeting with
ihe executive staff assembled to welcome
him, and In honor of the occasion anew
flag was brought out and flung to the
breexo from ihe staff on Ihe mansion to
iff rvalue Ihe return of the President to
his post of duty. After break!a*t In
his private dining room with Mrs. Mc-
Kinley. Private Secretary Corteiiyou and
I>r. Rlaey of the navy, ihe Preallent rt
i-aired to his desk In the Cabinet ro m
There he was confronted by several hun
djr* 1 congratulatory leiegrjyxp* which ha l
n receiveil from all parts of the world.
vas imponlbls for him to read thm
in md while thus engaged, the Bvcreiary
<•' he Treasury called to extend his per
il fell nations. Secretary G:ge v\n
wed by other members of ihe caMnst
r .v in Ihe city. Including Secretary Hay.
t**tary Hitchcock. Attorney General
.<gs. Postmaster General Smith, s'en.a
--i Piatt of fVmnectlcut, Senator Bewal
New Jersey und a number of minor
ia!s of Ihe government. Th** Prel
-f-nt was in excellent spir ts and *"*m and
appreciate the grave responslbll.lv
j • h the American people had imp>s. and
.■■• ti him.
;{•• received ti numler of other casual
. rs. Including a delegation urging ex-
Ive clemency In l>ehnlf of Frank Funk
. icted of murder, who I* setuenced t •
ingwi at the district Jail to-morrow.
,iter in the day the President excused
t n. Hf to cnllers and took a much needed
r having lost considerable sleep during
insist forty-eight hours.
M ny be I shluet t Range*.
r was no attempt to transact any
be. strictly routine business at the White
H e to-day, but on to-morrow, then*
• be a regular cabinet meeting when
üblic business will be resume 1 Nat
. \ there is more or less gossip shout
ible changes In the cabinet before or
sft-r the Fourth of Match next. Of course.
President Is not inedned to discuss
• elicatt subject, nor are other mem
f his official family prepared to an
>.ile the wishes or desires of their
•f It Is but fair to assume, however,
here will be some changes In the
c i t with the advent of the second ad
t ration of President McKinley. It is
and that Secretary Hay desires to
from th* department of state. It l
• reported that Attorney General
wishes to relinquish hi* portfolio
i ( ursuo his law practice In New Jer
vhlch r**ta him something like MO.'XP
nnum on the oth*r hand, it Is said
. rretary Gage. Secretary Root. Sac
. Hitchcock. Secretary Wilson. Hec
v Long. an-1 also Poftmast-r General
may be Induced to remain in the
* • Those who have authority to
ik for the President on this subject
*>\ the matter ha* never been seriously
ed. although It Is not unusual for
r .. 1 s|>eeulatlon in th* direction
Indulged in Immediately after an
* r. It is quite likely. In view of the
l . fforts which resulted in the re
f Mr McKinley, that he will
new friends to rawgr*
R |k equally nosslble
me of the prwnt m-rab-m
ihlnet may tleslre 10 retire front
* • ffl till life At the White Houmi
■> I that all Matemetits hearing upon
n.n M are at tht* time pre
m-i purely speculative.
McKinley nnd the *oah.
who talkrA to th-' PrOH •*"
imi>r...rtl with *hr l.lra that h
ifin tan.l thr *lttMter *lvm him
tr K - iirmr of <otmrrvatlvra or
■I <l<*l UrnKXTßtn at thr rrernt
Amornc thr tr|rrama of nrth
i w.rr arvrral from |>romlnrn
t. mrn wlo -have hrrrtoforr hrm
- I tt< I 'rtnorrata. Thrrr arntlrmrn
.itr.l in Intluatrlal puraulta. and
r*rj.*‘r.*(l unlrr thr prernt n.tmln
t Hrtrrat of thrm lntlmatr.l -hit
a large growlnff flaw ol Bothrrn
“ vl.wr of National affair* and
(•ritH-ipirr arr in full accord with
• Mlcan iwriy up to a certain
Th* y congratulate thr Preaident
>"■ in rlfectlvaly alplmt oir
of .rctlonallam by his liberal
on of favor* In connection with
th War on<l n*M that If hr will
from making the color line con
• In hit rwteral appointment* In
i'h there l* a fair proapect of
t tpi tubatantlol wrhlte Republican
•cverai of the Southern atatai
' dert-ood that l-raa McKinley pro-
J ** t five this eubjeet due eontlderw
' He received eome valuable euf*
JL,. *on the eubjeet from Re*-
of . f th * Tr *aury Judaon Iryona. one
- tepertentatlve colored men con
*,J nl 'b the praaenl adanlnltiratloo.
Satomtuil) Mofning Vruje.
( LAI ts MOHETHtN TUFA (iOT.
Ilrpulillcans Are After Kentucky snil
Kebrnska.
New York. Nov. 8 —As a reu tof mew
sagew received at Rep.ibli*- tin nat on il
headquarters KHbV by National Commit
teemen J. If M< nle and N. B. So t
from <kxi. romts, Mr. Mauley, gave
out the following statement:
"Full returns to-day leave the (situation
as it wa-t yeateniay. We have won by
3ist electoral votes. We h ive carried tvry
Northern state bul l*oloralo, Nev.itia and
Montana, with ten voc-. We hav car
ried Kentucky, MorFianl* l*fliware and
West Virginia. As v\ • ptftl.cu*l during
Ihe entire cam|Mlgu (hey .ie al.ein. tlcg
to *rob us of the electoral votes in K n
tucky under the power of the Goebel law
If they succeed we shall have 296 electorl
votes. Our candidate governor w *.r •
that we have carried Kntu.-k> for t •
electoral ticket >nd elected him \*y over
7,000 mujorltv The tune hu- cone- w on
the American people ought In Iraet at
whatever cost that the \c(es s ail le
.ounted as they were honestly cast *
benator Scott in answer to teiegrama in
quiring as to the result in Nebraska re
ceived the following dl-patch from K
Rosewater, memier of tlie national advis
ory committee, who is a candidate for the
I’nltcd States senatotship from Nebras
ka :
‘Return* from rural districts incom
plete but no doubt whatever that M> Kin
ley carries Nebraska by not less than 3.-
OU>. to\ernorshi| cl *• but the prosisseta
favor Republicans poth houses of Leg
islature w ill he It -publican by small ma
jority."
%\\n UK WILL hi: m;\ %toii.
Qnsr '*)• the Itegiilnr* Have Won
In Pennaylvanla.
Washington. Nov. 8 Kx-S* r ater M H
tju.xy, who will leave to-morrow morning
for Florida. to-night gave out the follow
ing statement for publication
"The contest on Tuesday resulted in a
sweeping victory fur the stalwart Repub
lican* of the state. The Sena'** will be or
ganised by the regulars, no matter what
statement* may be mule by Insurgents or
hostile newspapers. Senator W P. Snyder
of Cheater county will be elected president
pro tem. of the Senate, and Representative
W. T Marshall, a s’alw.irt from Allegha
ny county, will i*e elected speaker of the
House. I will be elect*d United States
Senator by
of _‘M on the first ballot in Joint assem
bly." _
FROM I*IKSHI>K\T MM IIITT.
Congratnlatlon* From the Head of
(he French Republic.
Washington. Nov. A.—Among the tele
grams of congratulations received by the
I’resident ar* the following
' Paris, Nov 7.—111s Kxce.iency Monsieur
McKinley. President of the United States
of America: I beg you to accept tny most
sincere congratulation* on >*our re-elec
tion to the supreme office that you have
filled with such lustre and during which
the bond* of friendship between our tw
countries have, to my great delight, been
drawn still closer.
"Emile Louhet.**
"Manila, Nov. 7. 11M).--Th* President
Bincere congratulations. The m<et impor
tant step in bringing peace atul prosper
||y to these islands tins been taken.
"Commission."
\ LLEtel <ll FH At D IN NT. Id l IN.
Repnbllenn* f onalderlng the Matter
of n ( onti’U.
8t I>wis. Nov The Republicans are
considering a proportion to contest the
election in the city of 8t Louis. The mat
ter ha*4 already been discussed by the Re
publican City Central Committee and by
individual candidates and will Ih* taken up
for formal and official consideration, nnd
as soon as the official count has bean
made Thee a r<* convinced that a proper
examination of the ballots would result
In the rejection of from 3.0 tofi.QOO fraud
ulent votes that have loin placed to the
redlt of tha Democratic candidate*. Thi
would be suffi Frit to reverse the result
on nearly all the candid-ito*.
Lents Lost Mis Job.
Columbus. 0.. Nov. 8 -The official count
In the Twelfth Ohio Congressional Dis
trict completed to-night gives Emmett
Tompkins (Republican* n majority of
eight votes over John J L*nt (Dem*s*rto.
the present representative. Th* llstiiet
D nominally about 2.500 Democratic.
- •
■ t
n#mo<*rntlr 4.rrt>or U Ine.
rortlan.l. Ore , Nov. rompleir re
turn, to the Orexonlun from on<>-tnlr<l of
the count le, tn the —ote of \Va,hln*ton
(in'! t—rilal return, from all but three
of the remalninK counties show that
Roger,. Democrat, for governor, ho, a
plurality Of 1.371 over Krlnk, Republican.
Heanlt In YlrKlnla.
Richmond. Va., Nov. 9 —According to
estimate, mode up trvnlght. Bryan’, plu
rality In the state will be upwards of 33.-
000.
I.AIKIEIt’S TItTOMY.
Inbounded Butlafnetlon (expressed
by Knjiltsb Papers.
Ixindop. Nov. 9.—The mornln* paper*.
Irrespective of party, express unbounded
satisfaction at Sir Wilfrid Laurler’ii vic
tory. The Dally Nee# ulillxes It to rend a
lesson to the British anti-ear Liberals
All the paper# dlseuss the coincidence
of three notable cases In wh.ch the swing
of the political pendulum ha* been ar
reelerl, and the Dally News remarks
"Doe, It portend n new factor In Demo
cratic politics” Tlte only safe conclusion
I- that What has happened le noe because
lr.l Salisbury. Mr McKinley nnd Sir
Wilfrid laiurter have discovered anew
B-v of governing without mistake,, hut
because in all three countries there ha,
been a stirring of national life to great
(esues. and because tho opoltlon parties
have been found out of touch with nation
al feeling."
Canadian elections.
Montreal. Nov. A —The |ate*t returns
from the parliamentary e|e-t!on held
throughout the Dominion yeaterdnv show
the following result!* Liberal 133. lon er
vatlvcs Independent 8; to be heard
from 5 Liberal majority over Cona r
vat Ives and IndapandenU. 37. L; eral anl
independent majority over Cn,#rvatLa
U T /
Turbulent Scgro Lyuebed.
xr—mnbis Tenn., Nov. 9 —l.lt Nabors, a
shot and killed J L. Hoi
..._^p white, near Coahom*. Mlaa.. was
ratted bv byatandera. To-day his corpse
SAVANNAH, GA„ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 0, 1900.
DOUBTFUL STATES
KFATtCKY \M) MHRABKA ARK
!TILI* tM)ETKI(MIM-.D,
BOTH PARTIES CLAIM THEM.
KEvriTKv i- rnoiiißLy a.imt
■IKNOI II ITIC.
In \ctirHk* (miv. I**yalrr
of lli*. National TloUrl anil Will
III* I: lrrl**l—l , rrl*l* , n I Ini Voir I* In
lloulil—llr> nn Clulin** Arlirnaka Ity
y.IMMI V'olr— Hrpnblli-nu* Aim
ila I ■■■ li—>l> Hr i oatrat In Krn-
Innk y■
l*>ulsvllle, Kjf. Nov. A —With return*
from ii.l but 3*> out of l.vw pm-lnct* in
Kentucky, ihe Courier-Journal pm
Bryan’* majority ol d.uon on*l Bri’kham’i
at 5,f10 The irrerln.-tv have been
lakrn Into a.-count In till* reault.
The K*publican* now claim that m-
Jorule* will bo shown for McKinley nni
Yerke* when the returnlna boarjl ean
vaeees In* vole at Frankfort which it
will rlo three w*‘ek* from ele.-tl.iti ilay.
Tim retumln* board 1* I'emorratlc and tn*
I*eKltlature la also lemo ratlc.
E*-Goi. Jame, H M (’ittri who man
aed ihe liemocrnlle eami*alitn. nr-nlght
< loeed the headquarter- und will to-mor
row return lo hi* home at Richmond H
eald to- 1 j lit tv i tt.at he had hoard from cam
paixn etialimivi In every county In the
state and that allow.n* all the Republi
can claim* In ih? Eleventh fl>ltrlct, he
plaol the mojortiy of Rryan and Beck
ham, reefieetlvel), at S.OflO and 6.0U0.
The I*oulville Commercial. Republican,
will to-morrow ray tho election lr "very
close’t It will not concede the defeat of
Yerke*. ami the McKinley elector*, and
will say that th# official count only can
determine the result.
tTntme of Republican*.
Chairman Comb* of the Republican
State Campaign Committee was quoted to
day a-s follow*:
"While we have not Ihe figures thor
ouirhly comi>ill yet wo are certain tho I
Mr. Yerke* curried Kentucky hy a small
majority.
"The result 1* very clone. I think that
It will probably require the oltlc.il count
lo determine hoa- the stale itoes. When I
left headquarters Yerk< had a email plu
rality Bith seventeen counties *lll lo be
hoard from. I am Informed that over
3.00 H hnllots were not counsel by Goebel
election officer* ihroiuthout the state, on
a. count of trivial fechn'calP.lc*
'‘We have discovered that not only hivs
systematic frauds been practiced all over
the etate. but In acme counties, there B-as
wholesale exclusion of voter* from ihe
poll*. In Fayette oounty. for Inatanee. tn
■wo precincts ino voter* were kept from
voting In Breaihlil lx hundred i<er*-ns
were kepi from voting ChaJeiifrer* uni
lnsi>ectors were also exelud and frem the
booths In numlier* of issuntlee Ihe re
lurna Bere tuidded by the PuiKr at*, i ot
ably In Franklin and Owen counties."
AVATHBR KKVTI CKY I OVTMT.
Ileckliani Claim* III* Ml ret lon by a
Majority of fi.tHMt.
Frankfort, Ky.. Nov. Gov Reckhatn
returned lo the state capital 10-lny. He
*ay* hi* plurality will not be under S.ODO.
The Slate B.ectlon Commission will meet
week after next to canvass the return*.
Return* from the rural districts are un
us-mlly sloe- In coming
It Is evident no* that both shies will
continue to claim ihe state until alter the
official count is ma le, and then there like
ly wlil be u contest for Governor to be
settled in tho courts.
(I.AMI* I AKA llt THUATMF.YT.
Combs Tblnk* McKinley Entitled to
Mnjorlty In Kenfneky.
Ixrulsvllle. Ky., Nov. • Ixelle ('omla.
chairman of Ihe Hepub.lcan Riale Cam
paign Committee, sold this afternoon:
"I’nder any fair election Its McKinley
and Yerke# would have carried ihe state
by Aftlo to lO.flW) majority. The Republican
vote lia* been whittled In most place* by
petty larceny, and a number of place* by
highway robbery Nothing but ihe offi
cial count will settle the election, and the
ofltcltl count Is made under the Goebel
law by * ommlseloners from ahose hatvl*
the Republican party haa no reasonable
grounds to expect fair treatment."
BIX KH AM VM>9 IT.
Ilrtnrn* Show That He Has Carried
Kentucky.
Frankfort, Ky, Nov Returns have
ben sent by Democratic county commit
tees to the Democratic state officers here
on which the following er.tlmate of the
Kentucky election f*r Governor Is mnele,
by congressional district*
For Beckham. Democrat. First. 10.045;
Second, B.ffio. Third, 1731; Fourth. iI.KSK,
Sixth. 5.355. Seventh. 3.510 t; Eelghth, 800.
Tenth. 1.172. Total. 2*,o(*.
For Yerke*. Repubffcan— Fifth, 6.201;
Ninth, ht. Eleventh. 1A922. Total. 21.250.
These figure* are btised on complete re
turn* from alt but four counties, and esti
mates were made on the partially missing
counties.
lilt A A.N CLAIM* M’.IIB ItIKA.
Another Eatlmnte Flgnrr* Out a Re
publican MnJ-irlly,
Chicago. Nov. f.—A telegram was re
ceived at Democratic national headquar
ter* to-day from W. J. Bryan stating that
the Democratic national ticket carried Ne
braska hy a majority of 2.00). and the
state by 4,00 u, and that Ihe n xt Legisla
ture will be Democratic
Omaha. Neb . Nov. I—The Evening B*
print* a table on the national ticket, giv
ing complete return* from fifty-five coun
t|ee. and on ten other counties, with on
precinct missing front each, out of a total
of ninety counties, giving McKinley 90,23*.
Bryan *5.198 counties in HUB
gave McKlnlay. 66 Bryan. 98.647, This
O a net gain for McKinley of 14.903 Bry.
on’s plurality In 11.8 was IJ.HO. With thia
ratio of increata throughout tha misting
counties McKinley will have a plurality
of about 6.000 In the atata.
There were 12.000 to 15.000 more votes
polled In the state than In 1896 and the
(Continued on Fifth Page.) i
ANNEXED TO RUSSIA.
Itnilnn (trnrral Aodltri ( iinanlß
Thai 11l (tuvfrnmrnl !!■ T*ln
i’n linin’ Territory.
Tlrn Tiln. Nov. S. via Shanghai—Grn
Linfvttch, th <?imiiMinlrr of thr Mw#*hin
twiv|iii. hnn offi*llly noiiOoi th*' foreign
oomula through tho Rimm*! in congul Ihm
Iho lan.) on (ho river aldo oppoPito ih
Rritlh ami Gorman aelllognonta ha been
annoxoti to Rnwala by right of conquest.
1-nlfM il l fiiroign owner* of property im
vneitlately i)f|ioOO ilfxmmenta proving
their ownerehlp no riaiina will to enter
ralneii. Much ralirtkiul properly. ai> well
rn* (he ebi araenal. i> lncLih4 in the (or*
litory annexed hy Riirtaia. The consuls
will proii si against (he annexation.
I%f 1*1(011 % BLR MIS ( AMIM.
#
lOoblhh % in liNkvnilnr llrllrvra
Wu*h %<■(lon Una lalaou.
SVaahlngton, Nov I.—Count Caatlnl. the
Hiiasian amUisMulor saM (o-day in reg irl
lo tha ro|s>rteAi annexation of territory in
Tien Tln by ihe KusMan governmanl,
(hat he felt very sure no ouch atop had
been taken lit foicho-i upon (he
blllty of n Ruvim comslon similar to
ihe Rrlttah niKi French allolmoni*. having
l>oen maiie. hut <ltsmispe<i the rei>ort that
R‘60*1,6 had eunuiiari:y takan i*mn+*uUm
of (he territory referred to an entirely im
probable.
HKfIKLLION HI l>x OMMlili F..
Hi tmi 11 on In nn thorn t'hlnix lleeotu
ing Next Aeate.
Paris. Nov B.—A diapa.ch to the Hivne
Agency frorn P*ktn announcea that a
high Chlneae personage pays the rebeil'an
helng organ!zol in Boath China mi ruin
ing commerce, that the revenues are de
<Teaeinir and that the payment hy the
service of the debt next sjHiug la doubt
ful.
Prince Ch ng ami Li Hung Chang, the
dlapotch adda. regret fh* delay in pre
sen ting the peace propositions and ex
preaa feara ns lo the future They' are
ready to accept propose ton* baaed on M
Deleave*'a propoaiU, but it Is further n§-
n#*rteil the foreign minister* are In the
mennwhllo marking time and dlacuwing
•e'ondxry q ties dona
The t'hlne j the dispatch f'oncludea, re
gard the occupation f the tmpertal tombs
at 81 Ling oh )>eing m*re impfxnant than
the enfiture of th* Em|>mor ami Dowager
Empreea.
IIF.PORTS FROM MR. CXISIC2F.R.
Ministers Reach a ltal of Negotia
tion* %Vlth Ctitna.
Wahlnglon. Nov 8 —Additional reporta
from Mr. Conger to-day record the pmg
re#k of the eff*ir>a being mada at Pekm to
bring the foreign ministers tnto ngrroment
aa to tho basis of negotiations with ('lsLra
The department declines to make public
any of the details of the deliberations.
GREAT CUBaTfRANCHISE.
Com pa nr Formed With SJO.iNiO.ttOO
< nplial lo Ncenre < oarol of
t Its ftallTOr I.lnea.
Phlla/lelphia. Nov. 8— Following a meet -
*ng of Near York. Philaiteiphl.x and Cana
dian capitalists In this country last night.
81r William Van Horn, chairman of the
board of directors of the Cana Ran Pacific
Railroad ami his eon. K. Ii Van Horn,
of Montreal, sailed from here to-day on
the steamer Admiral Sampson for Bantl
ago, where they wl.I make an • ff<>rt to se
cure options on all horse and trolley lines
in Cuba and Also on all sugar plantation
in the Island
The departure of the two nen was the
result of tho permanent organization ut
last night's meeting of the Cuba Company
with a capital of $20.000.(**). Sir Wllilatr
presided t lire meeting am! the others
prevent. hesllcs his son. were Wllllnm L
Elkina and Thomas Dolan of this city:
R. A Smith, preaidant of thr* <'ut>a MaJ)
Hieamship <*oininy and Pornivil Farqtl
h.r of New York, and Dr. T W Shepherd
and M I*. Evans of Montreal.
The pun**” of the company, it Is an
nounced. |s to secure control of tha elec
tric light an*l trolley franchises in Cuba
and u> establish plants ami systems In ev
ery city Tha purpose, it is said, will not
i>e confined lo the control of tho*c fran
chJi*M nlone, but will ultimately tak* the
•team roads and also the sugar plinis
. The MM - k .if th*-
company, it Is said by those interested.
hAs been sufiwcrll**-*!
A 810 ftTLAMKKIP DB.4L
Ctiniblnntlnn Tbnt Will Inynlve 'lll
llnus of Vlollnrs.
Baltimore. Nov. 9 —Rumor# were current
to-day concerning a combination of Iran,-
Atlantic steamship comiMtuea which will
Involve eeveral rami—nlra and many mil
lions of dollars. It was said thnt Ihe At
lantic Transport <”,*n|iany. which oT>"ratra
lines of steamship* between New York.
Philadelphia. Baltimore and leandon will
Ire a part of the combination. I>■ tall, ef
the deal are carefully guarded, tout It Im
understood that the sPa'khoMera of the
Atlantic Transport Company will reel a
more than 5200 per share for their hold
ings. In the event of a consummation of
the deal,
Ulll l Kill U9i A LICK RAFT.
Battle Plrked t p W bleb Contained
an Appeal for Help.
Jacksonville, Kia.. Nov. 9.—There was
picked up on the beach the morning of
Nov. S by Mr. B O. Holden, who ts a
machinist of the Seaboard Air Line Ball
way, a Little which contained the follow
ing writing;
’ Off Nassau, N. P.. Oct. i. 19W -I am
wrecked on life raft three days and near
ly exhausted, send help. Jame, Francis."
Fraudulent Warrants I'ut Out.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 8— A special
to the Star from Talequah, I. T.. ways
A spectal coromlroe composed of C. V.
Rogerr, W. O. Burton und Sf—clal Agent
Zovarly, 10-day filed a report of their
Investigation of the alleged Irregularities
In the Cherokre auditor's office The re
port shows. It Is said, that 9194.00) In frau
dulrnt national warrant-* are afleat
Gen. DrWrt Was Wounded.
Pretoria (undated) by rail to Charles
town, Natal. Wednesday. Nov. 7—Otn
DeWet has beer, wounded In the leg m a
fight wfth the troops of Oen Knox at
P.ensburg drift. According to native re
ports the Bn,.- commander narrowly es
caped capture
TALK OF NEW PARTY
MKETHii OF 1>F.%10( N %TJI NN ILL 111.
HELD IN MIW \ (IRK.
TALK OF REORGANIZATION.
IMCKINWON MD \ t* \ I.L WILL JKION
III: slAi olt.
Uarllsle Ways I lie I'art) Must Return
tn (lie atitui* Ii Hr Id Before Iwiml.
Demm*rallc Notes fur NloKlnlry
Were Nni an I mloriniir ni of III*
AdiMlnlalrallnn \\ allrrson Ways
the- Factional lllvl*lou s|kull IHs
appenr Witli Free Silver.
Chicago. Nov K A >p*clsl to the Chroit
l le from Datrult says
lon M Dickinson is authority for the
statement that within three e eka a mart
ing will he Laid In N• w York *lty to (nji-
Ima a plan of reorganization for the Metn-
Ot ratio party Hr sa>s th** call for the
meeting will have the sigt a'urvs of prv-m
Inent Prmocratr The mrettna, Mr Dl'k
ln-’-on avs. will I*** attended bv ivmo* rat .
of both gold ar.d silver leanings The i-all
will be nveile*) throughout the land up
pealtug to all Damonit.'*. g I I an I silver
alike.
W hat Carlisle TVitaka.
Atlanta. Nov X Hon John G Carlisle
has wired th** Atlanta Journal, in re
sponse to a request from that paper, his
views on the reorganization of the Demo
cratic party Mr Carlisle
"In my opinion the PcroocMtle party
shouH at on<*e organize tin u Democratic
basis.
* An immediate return to the conserva
tive an*s patriotic position o* . upied by th.*
larty before it w.i* demoralize*! b> I o *il-
Ism and Free fltlvcr Republionns in **>’•.
will invite all true Democrats In an act
ive opposition to the objectionable gli
des of Ihe a.teninlstration. Insure ihe suc
cess of our Northern friends In state and
local contest* and prepare the way for
a great national vlctirry In 1904
TNic I Mrrwvrui It* votes *-ast for Mr
McKinley were no* Indorsements of*4hia
party or his admirdetratlon, but piot**#t*
aaulnsi what was considered the larigcr
o<is purpose** and t.-rdeivdea of the oppoo
ing candidate J G. Car Isle "
Henry \\ a t (er*i*a Views.
Jacksonville. Fla Nov. A.—Hon Henry
Wa4tersnn. c*lltor of the lulsvll|e
Courier-Journal, wires the Tlmes-Union
and Cltlsan the following statement
"With the elimination of the money
Issue thera ought u* ha no further fac
tional <H\*lsion among 4he Democrat*. If
fre sUxer was not dead before. Assured
ly II Is dead now. beyond the hopes of ree
urrection and relempi|gi. having itWi*
harm enough to dl*credit It forever, even
among its most sealoug o<lh**renta. There
will continue to tn* tw gr*a4 opposing
tv>lltoal organizations Demoted to-day,
the rata may win to-morrow They
will find issues arising out of the nature
of public affairs, and evolved hy the
course of events leader* uM*d to these
will. In good tune and sea<>n arrive oiion
ihe teens. It is too eariy to fmrtlcuiartz**
On Are it to ay that there will always
be a party of strict construction, a*
against a party of loose construction. an*l
that, readjusted to the more conservative
requirement* of the country, the Dem
ocratic jer?y will reappear as the con
tending force in th** public life of Ihe
people."
■AYS TUB TALK Iff tits I Illy,
Fa-Gov. 9(ii, ie’, tlcna on (be Reor
ganisation lluslneu*.
New York. Nov. 1.-Ex-Ocr. Stone, vie*
chairman of the National Democratic
Committee, said at tip Hoffman House to
night in regard to the pro|*n.ed reorgan
ization of the Democracy:
"Thi* talk about a reorganization Is ab
surd. Tho Democratic party Is already
organized If by rccrgahlratlnn Is meant
a change In the i.alloiutl committee, thil
will have to be done ai the next national
convention. If hy reer.'.'un(ration I, meant
a radtcol change of platform, with can
didate, whose view, accord with It. that
will also have to wait the next national
convention If tha next national conven
tion want* u new committee I am willing
to abide try the verdict of the convention
I have nnied that those men who clamor
for reorganisation after defeat are the
very one, who contributed to the defeat
"There sra some people who go to a
convention ami demand a certain platform.
Insist on the selection of certain candi
dates. end at fhelr failure lo ger wh t
they want Immediately withdraw th< Ir
support anal become opponents of the
party If they want change, |<.| th-m
work In their elate orgmlza lon- for the
selrcttarn of delegates to bring about I boo;
changes”
WE *11(11 Ml IIKOI* 10 Tri 9.
The Views of flake Smith end Horace
Vlale* of lowa.
New Orleans, Nov. The New Orleans
Picayune sent telegraphic request* to
many hauling Democrats m vnrlmis see.
th-n# of the country asking expression,
wllh reference lo the future of the Dem
ocratic party The following ora ex
tract* from some of lh> replies;
Hoke ftmttli, Allan,*—“l doubl the ad
visability of a distinct movement by a
few men with the purpose, of rwrguntxa
lion, A party which can poll the enor
mous vole that the Democratic party ha*
recently polled, I* far from being n dead
parly. Mor>- i-or.servtlve counsel* will
prevail In future liemocratlr conventions
and wilt a pronounced soiusl money plat
form In 1994. with a man against whom no
factional tight can lie made, .here Is ev
ery r.-ason to believe Ihe parly will tri
umph."
Horace Bole* of lows says
"My belief la we should drop 16 to 1
Let th# money question rest while ion
dlHon* remain a* at present, organia.-
Dwnociatlc clubs In every voting precinct
to send delegate, to county, from county
lo sta-e uni from state to r.a tons con
vert.ona of delegates to meet periodically
and formulate a platform for tha pnrty
This should be based cn principles enun
ciated In our Declaration of Independenc
Insist on a strict construction of the sole
4Continued on Fifth Page.)
ALVORD'S DEFALCATION.
4 nar of the Defaulting Teller Taken
I|l Before I ailed N(atea 4 <m
•Mtaai<in a r Shields.
New Yt*rk Nov s Uorndiua 1* Alvord.
Jr . the former note tcll er of the l ,% fr* , i
Nattoual Rank. wh la accused of embex
iling s4!v an *f the hank r funds w.ts ar
ratgnad before United States Comma*
stoner Shield* In the criminal branch of
the United States 4* rcuil Court t* day.
He waa rapresviMetl hy Jacob F Miller
United Ktate* District Attorney Henry I*.
Ilurnett und hu* aos.siant, Ernest K
llal twin, nppeure*! for the government
Tta examination was conducted by Mr.
Halilw in
The first wltne*a was W lilting E Rnow,
assistant of th First National
Hank Mr Btuw said tie hai known Al
vord twenty >e.rs. the past t n f which
in had I>een the note teller of the First
National Hmk lie explained In de a l
the dulle.t of the note teller and Ihe hank •
clearing house transaction - lie explained
the balance shei- .* which showed u short
4g. •f fgfn.tOO in Alvord** department The
tigures slioweil tbut th#* sltortagy varied.
Mild that, from Oct. 10 to Oct 13, H vv.s
$700,00P
You know ihNt Alvord’* nc •<unts were
made up from statemcnis handi l him h>
other |.MTn iw in tln* bank?" asked Mr
Miller
Yes sir. Farit)." answered Mr Hnow
Mr, Alvord wis suppo e t | to tke the*
M.*t rioni* of other einp.oyes as coriwt''"
"Ya*
Mr Miller then ls| Mr Bnow to admit
that since tho latter first *ecam* an *f
fit er of the hank two years ago h* had
never kn wn (b officers of the honk to
xamino the assets of the institution
Cashier William lted, of th’ First Na
ti.sial Hank, was the next witness Ii *
said tho last time the hank had an • xam-
UlAtlon w - on t*ot. ii. He lunt no jwr
muial knowledge of any rejoit of that
4 xamlnatien.
Morton V Moore, settling r$ rk fr the
tMiik. IdantiAed i column of flgtues o 4 a
*he* t f |Niper tl.at w is prepared for and
K 4 nt t the c.mrftng homo . having bi.cn
uiado by hlm!elf
lie explain.**! the details of m-tking Up
the sheets for th* 1 clearing house Torn,
ons by one, he identlfltsl the sheets inle
up for the banking days of October Mr
Moore testlfleil thnt two figure# In the
aheet mad** up for October 16 had been
ohanged. The figures as th**y s'*asl were
not hU lie *6lt not knw who had made
the changes It w*a brought out that tho
sheet had i*een in posses*lm of Alvord
jfter It tiad ten mad** up hy Moor**
Adtournment was then taken until 2 p
m to-morrow
VI AY Hi; 9111 MKT MKfffflOSff.
Garetinue That Witt Come Before
t llhan I nmrsllos.
Havana, Nov. 9 - The Committee on
Rules of ihe Cuban constitutional conven
tlon 1# discussing tho a.yvisabtllty of lio.d
Ing secret sessions after the permanent
organlsatl-.fi has been effected, which will
protiably take place nt the reopening of
Ihe convention next Monday
Hencres Capote. Tamayo ard River* are
the most prominent candidates for the
prceldwnry of the convention lot Lucha
say#:
"The difficulty will not la- In drawing up
a constitution, but In r, a hlng an agree
ment as lo Ih* relations which are to e
-18 lietween r'litw and the Culled rtt it*-.
We lake It that th< gunventlon will Insist
upon three fundami ntal polnta, namely no
relations w|th other government* except
the I’nlterl Stales, no power to negotiate
loans, and no authority to upsei peace and
order."
TWO ViOIIK lllirtlKN KIM Ml.
On# That of Vtoorehouar Who Had
I barge of K.m ploat vea.
New York. Nov. 9 —Two bodies were
taken from the ruins of the Tarrant build
ing to day The first was tha’ of Ham
ilton Matthews, a driver for Tarrant it
Cos.. Ihe remains being shockingly mutil
ated.
loiter the diggers In the ruins rame to
another body. This proved to be that of
llenjarnln Moorehouke, the missing ship
ping end stork elerk of th<- company.
Mnorehoure was 61 years old. and had
horn missing since the 'lay of the ex
plosion Wllh him In all probability died
also the possibility of explaining toe lire
horror It was Moore house who had
charge of the storage hook of the big drug
firm, tn which was a list of all the ex
plosives stored in the building No trace
of this book was found
MOOfIY WA* FATALLY *IIOT.
Serious Me,nil of an t'leetluß Hon
In Klorl|a.
Jacksonville. Fla.. Nov. .-New
reaches here of a eerlous election day row
al Key,torn- Park. Hillsboro county.
George Mobley and Thomas Moody,
prominent olllxen# of that section, be
came Involved In quarrel at the pri
mary polling place, and the altercation
finally resulird tn a flgld. In which one
of h> parlleuiHsnts was badly slabbed
They were then separated, hut a few
mkiirte,. subsequently It ta alleged. Mob
ley shot Moody while standing In the
doorway of the building In whi h Ibe elee.
tlon waa being held. It I* reported that
Moody will not live. On account of the
prominence of both |wr!ie the affair ha*
caused considerable excitement.
I AH1.19T9 H 1*1*166 KVILKO.
I.ffort to Destroy Knllre Carllst Or
ganisation In Spain.
Madrid. Nov. .—AI n cabinet council
held to-day under the presidency of the
Queen Regent. G'n. Azcnrraga. the prem
ier, sahl there wae no Carllst under arm,
in Hpaln and that tha rising had failed
completely. In order, however, to destroy
the entire OarlMl organisation In the
country, he said. 4he suspension of Ih#
romMltutlonal guarantees would be main
tained.
Oen. Aacarraga also announced that a
Hpanlsh-Amerhan convention hud been
sign'd In Washington hy which the
Islands of Cnyggyen nnd Obulu. in th#
Philippine archipelago had been reded
for lluo.OUO.
YKLIdtVA riIYHH AT hATCIIKX. 1
%rr* ( Mr la Vt*|ortrd to fh* Hfalr
llanl of llmlth.
J*ck*on Mi**.. Nov. S —On* new east of
yellow ftvr 1* r*p)rt*d to rh B.*t
of Htalth front Natchcs thU mornir.f
Mr§ Batlr. th* f.r*t pationt raportoti.
died I*tt niffht 6h* hr * nie* of Gov
Lonclno A of the marine ho*pl
tal ttnriM t* now in N*trhe*. endeavor
*n tfcff Mure* of LLc infogHpa.
DAII.V A V KAR.
' KNT A COI-T
wmci.T : tvmia-a wskk.ii a tka*
SURPRISE TO BRYAN
\Ti MI NT MMIK II) THIS PKHO-
lt %1 14 4 VMHtHTK.
PROSPERITY CRY WAS POTENT.
DLNOt N4IH SUi DEFEATED MIT
N4IT DIIM (it It %4.1:D.
Centeil llrlnren Flufoeraay anil De
moeraey I niikml End I util tine or
(lie Hlirr !• 4 oiiiplrlcl) Trlaas
lihssl- Mryan Way a He util Hog
Ntnntl for Ihe Hninl**—Tlie l*la-*
fie longs lo % lien—Defeated 4 aud I
lla N* Freaenl Flans.
Lincoln. Nel>.. Nov S Willi mi J Hrysfi
to-night K.iv* out the following a uiem nt
(Xinceinlng the election:
" Hie tvault sa* h urprtse t. me and
the m.igiii(tide of the Heput4l> an vtcto y
was a surprise to our >tts i)eni*t as w*ll
as to tho*- who voted oar ticket. It Is
impoeMU* to analyoe the return* until
they are mre complete, but, speaking
generally, w.* seem to have gained in tha
large 4 It lee and to have lost In the small*
er cities .tint in the country.
“Th* It* piII i A* re alli t
tick* t t I* i* • for all (her voter* who
were away from home ami this gave them
considerable advantage We have no way
of knowing at (hi* time how
much money was spent In tha
pur base of vote# and In colonisation*
Hut while these would account for
some of Ihe Republican gnins they could
(wit account f**r the wltli pr* #1 Increaaa
in the Itep.ib i< .in vote. The pioaprty
argument w pi '*l* y the mowt |iouat
ohm used by the Republicans They oins
pared present condition* with Ihe jxinki
times of ‘MI to ts* and this argument hod
wr-ight wllh those w ho <lll not 'top iu ton
shier the tsiasis for the change. The
peal, stand by the Freahlent whlla tha
war Is on,’ had a great drai of intluenra
aiming ttuoae who dl<l not realize mat a
wir against a doc trite of self -government
In the Philippines must react upon ua in
ihis country W* iim b* an honeat fight
upon an lKNi*st H it form, and having rWna
our duty as w** saw lt. # wi* have nothing to
r* gret.
The Fight Nluaf (Jo On.
"Wf ar def*atcd hut not dls ouragatL
The fight mils' g* on I ntn sure that
Republicans inllrlre wdll la* repudiated by
th |M’<#|ile when th; tendency of these
polities is fully understood. The con
test between plutocracy and Democracy
cannot end until one or the other la com
pletely triumphant "
Conrenx nn himself Mr Bryan said
"I have com** out of the campaign with
perfect hetbth and •• clear nr*ecieiH*a. I
did my most o bring aurerss to the prn
-• Iple* for which I stood Mr. RtsvMiMn
did ail that he could, Senator Jones nnd
the member- **f th** Democratic. Popu
list, Silver Republican ami Anti-Iniitetdal
-141 1 *01)111 • • ii l|| t ' *|M Mr,
Hoirft and hla
th* club org intzationa put forth
their Ih at efforts. Our n-wsinper#
iKir campaign speakers and our local or
ganizations did (heir |Mft also I have
no fault to find and no reproaches.
"I ehnll eontlnu* t* fake an active in
terest in politFs as kng as I live. I be
lieve II to he he duty jnf citizens to do
*< n(tl m ad<i It lon to my Interest a* i dtl
z-n. I feel that L will re4|ulr* H lifetime
of work to repay the (tolltlcal friemlN who
have Sone s* much for me
"I shall not be a Hens tor lal c.irwiMata
before the Legislature which tias been
e|e t4t HenatiM* Allen deserves the Hen
atrship which goes to the Populist* Mr.
llitcheock and Mr. W II Thompson ara
• vowed <andk)ate f*r the
They both de-< rve well r*f the i*afty And
I arn im> grateful t< them for |ast sup
|srt to stand In ihetr way even if I dr
sireil a seat in the deflate "
Mr. Hryan s.ikl h* !.•) no other plans
at present than to remain nt home until
he had recovered from the fatigue of ram
piignmg He denied the report that ha
W4*oid remove from Nebraska and rnaka
Tex is ha h*>me.
mh u ii.i, mt iia-: *r:*%Ti>n.
Ilryan Mm lit* im \t (*nlng to Take*
Mfii'i Pnaiflona.
Nur York. Nov. k—The Rvtnlnff Jour
nal prints the following telegram from
William J Bryan:
"lincaln, Neb., Nov. k —To the Editor
of the Evening Journal: You may say
officially that under no circumstance*
would I ropt the offl' O of United ktatti
Senator, rvn were it UndtrM nw. I ma la
1 iny fight for the pn*W€ncy and I loaf. I
am not going to t.ik*- other men's potd
tiona from them. William J. Bryan."
Bill TO krKIUKV.
Ilia Lot to 4 iin rn tuln f r- Iflm t pnn a
% trtory.
Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. 1.-W. J. Rryan for
warded th*’ following telegram at noon
to-day to I'rwidtni M- Klnley;
"Hon. William McKinley, President of
the United State*. At the clone of another
presidential ctm(ilgn. It la my lot to con
gratulate you upon a second victory.
"W. J Bryan.'*
Ilrynn Will (•> Muntlna.
!x>uis, Mo.. Nov. k--William J Bry.
nn wl 1 take tns usual poet-election hunt,
lot trip to Col iloM> Wet more's South
Missouri gam#* preserve * >m* time thla
month. <*ol Wet more st.iPd to-day that
he wan making preparellona for the tnp,
hut no !• finite tint* ha* yet been net for
It. Gov-elect Ixx’kery *lll I** one of the
party.
MOTOHME\ 0> A vritlKK.
Those In Prnsnrola Quit Hrrsais
Stools Were Token \wmy.
Pensacola. Ha . Nov k -No electric car*
have Uni run on any of the linen here
since 11 o'clock thin morning, the motor
men andp nductor* having gono out on a
strike.
Borne time ago on the statement of phy
si tuns that the long hours of standing
were injuries to the health of motomwn,
* lie company permit tad th* m to uae a oole.
The new rules prohibit the use of theae
The men demanded their etooie
back, but the company refused to aooedo
to the demand, her.ee the strike.
The etrlkers are supported by district
assembly Knights of Labor, and they hare
appi ed to all labor unions not to patron
la*' the cars should the company attempt
W xun tkwca with non unLm two